A confession: I am really bad at tying knots. Fortunately for these demented rock climbers who recently created a 150 foot rope swing on Corona Arch near Canyonlands National Park in Utah, they’re more inclined to tying knots that hold under strain. That’s a good thing, considering this freakin epic rope swing nabs some serious air time and floated around claims of “the world’s largest” til some killjoy killed that one with a link to an even bigger rope swing in New Zealand.

Still, it’s a sick, sick rope swing. Love the video and the hoots and hollers as these guys do the 130 foot free fall and the bungee-esque sling-shot back up. And the cool part – one of the guys proposed to his girlfriend after she took the jump.

She said yes.

Enjoy the video!

Dean Potter, slack-lining his way into the record books.

Any video with Dean Potter, high altitudes and no safety harness is gonna be good and this one doesn’t disappoint.  Dean Potter is the American daredevil I blogged about a year ago, and he has a curious habit of climbing mountains without safety equipment, and either jumping off it, or slacklining it (tight-rope walking without equipment) and then BASE jumping his way down.

This video includes footage from his world-record BASE Jump in 2009, with a wing-suit.

I am really at a loss here whether Potter, or Felix Baumgartner is the baddest of the bad.  I take comfort though in knowing that there are guys like this with more testosterone than any reasonable guy should have.  Guess I’m not the only one who took Point Break way too seriously.  Bodhi would be proud.

Oh my God, this just makes me wish it was summer time again. Mike Wilson and those evil peeps at Shreddy Times give us more ridiculous, bone-jarring rope jumping eye candy once again with this video of Mike doing a quadruple backflip into Lake Tahoe from 99 feet. So evil, and yet, so bloody fun to watch!

Ah, the joys of summer.  Beers, barbecues, maybe some fishing, and/or a wee bit’ o diving off the cliff at your local swimming hole.  Every year countless individuals (including yours truly) somehow find themselves standing at a rather uncomfortable altitude over a local body of water, which of course opens us to chiding, ribbing and cajoling until the said individual takes the plunge.  Of course, buddy’s often partaken in some liquid courage before making the jump (thank you Lucky Lager), and each year many “buddies” end up tombstoning, aka finding an early demise if done improperly.  You mean to say there’s a right way and a wrong way to jump off a cliff?  Yup.  Read on, this is Environmental Graffiti’s segment on how to jump off a cliff and live to reminisce about it years later, and a nice compilation of pretty pictures compiled at the top ten tombstoning destinations worldwide.  PS, thanks Evan.

This guy has some ridiculous free-climbing skills.  No boots, no hooks, no ropes, nuthin.  I bet he’s a devil with the ladies.

Quick, anyone who’s seen The Eiger Sanction, that 1975 Clint Eastwood cliffhanger, raise your hand!  Thought so.  Now, anyone who’s seen someone climb a 13,000 foot mountain without safety equipment, step forward.  Right, now, who’s seen a man jump off that same mountain?  Exactly.  Dean Potter, the 38 year-old American daredevil is in pretty select company.  I mean, mountains were made for jumping off, with nothing more than a skimpy parachute!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7NcLCC-YNI

Thanks to the quick-witted and jovial chaps at getoutdoors.com for blogging about this. They’re talking about a list posted on MSN UK about the ten hobbies that are most likely to get you some attention from the opposite sex. It seems men just can’t say no to a woman who lists “dancing” or “yoga” as a pastime, while women just can’t get enough of a dude with a surfboard, climbing boots and/or kayak. And you thought firemen had all the luck! Insert smarmy comment here ->…………<-. Oh heck I’ll do it, next time you’re in the bar working your mojo, replace “Hi” with “Did I mention I have a kayak?” Better yet, have some lads help you carry it into the bar, slam it down on the dance floor, get in and grin with a thumbs up. You’re a master pick up artist!